But they keep telling me it’s a sin to be free & that’s more than I’m willing to stand

Where will you be when the order is given?

To censor your mind as free speech is forbidden

As martyrs for peace from the world will be driven

Away by the sound of a bellowing thunder

And choke on the blood of a dream going under

As arrogant men tear up our constitution

And from every direction we cry revolution

Standing together and without permission

Soldiers for Truth in the War of Attrition

The love of our country as our ammunition

I’m only a stranger here and I’m a long, long way from my home

But I’m going to change the things I find strange

For I am not one man alone

Yes I’m only a stranger here and I’m a long, long way from my home

But I’m going to change the things I find strange

For I know that I’m not alone

Yes I know, I’m not alone

Not alone

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The Warning

I’m afraid I’ll stop believing at the moment of my death

Let the feeling come, my senses numb, betraying my last breath

I’m afraid I’ll terrify the world with words to rip the seams

On Earth as it is in Heaven holds the weight of heavy, heavy dreams

Let your eyes see me today, voices teaching

& Come alive with the words you were meant to say

The experience is enough to know

I hold on to the hand that lifts my head up when I’m drowning

All these fears are blinding but greater is my gift of sight

I’m afraid of institutions and the miracles I’ve seen

I’m afraid of all the time I’ve lost and the man I might have been

I’m afraid you’ll see my sins in the dark circles of my eyes

With no pretense or prejudice I offer to you my disguise

Let your eyes see me today, voices teaching

& Come alive with the words you were meant to say

The experience is enough to know

I hold on to the hand that lifts my head up when I’m drowning

All these fears are blinding but greater is my gift of sight

You were just a horizon, somebody’s dream in the distance

Falling asleep at the wheel of decision

You persecute poets then quote from their wisdom

You have to deliver these tidings spoken with breath born in love

So grace us with beauty and grant us our tragedy, majesty

As we lie down with roses to plant for the fall

The pleasantries are over, there are voices on the air

& a thousand faces laughing loud have climbed the broken stairs

We set ourselves against the bite of teeth we cannot see

Thy Kingdom Come, my course be run, and let their metal enter me

Let your eyes see me today, voices teaching

& Come alive with the words you were meant to say

The experience is enough to know

We are all just horizons living like dreams in the distance

Falling asleep and the wheel isn’t spinning

Our poets are shaking the bars of their prisons

You don’t have to suffer these warnings

The signs have all been very clear

You don’t understand all that has happened here

So don’t sacrifice God on your altar of fear

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The War Machine

Ashes to ashes, we’re falling down

Slaves to the men that stole the crown

There’s a warning sign like a blazing sun

But you don’t want to see it because you’re having fun

Those who control all the information celebrate, and lie to the people to keep them watching

& the walls come crashing down, as the war at home reaches your town

You have no choice, it’s safe and clean, we all submit to the war machine

Consequence be damned,

Send the call for a brawl in a foreign land

While they slide their advantage through the door,

Getting rich off the blood of the fighting poor

But that’s your democracy! One big hypocrisy,

You want me to give my life for country?

Sacrifice yourself today, & don’t think about getting in their way

Camouflaged in black and green, one more gear in the war machine

Consequences so severe, so pull your trigger quickly dear

Our patriots are acting up, lets punish them with fear

& the walls come crashing down, as parades in spades march on your town

They count the votes, they bought the dream, paid in full by the war machine

& so you see the plan, an endless war, a profit scam

while their systems write the news you read, propaganda plant that seed

In the mindless love of a generation captivated, trained, entertained and held in bondage

& the walls come crashing in, like a plague they will blame it on our sins

The choice is posed by men unseen, give yourself to the war machine

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Trails

Power; naked in the dying light

Hours disappearing in the dark of night

& I hear laughter in another room

As a bride lays with her groom

Some kind of vicious daydream

Like Venom dripping from the jetstream

And humans as fragile as the dawn

Sing a requiem

Don’t tell me everything’s alright

You’re streaming poison while we sleep at night

Don’t tell me that there ain’t no cure

You’re killin’ off the sick and the old and poor

Everybody’s out to take control

But I won’t go; no I won’t go anymore

A revelation of chemistry and sky

Precipitations and empty battle cries

And years race without an answer

And we face violent cancers

And voices are broken in the requiem

Don’t tell me everything’s alright

I see your poison in the sky tonight

Don’t tell me that there ain’t no cure

You profit off the sick and the old and poor

Everybody’s out to take control

But I won’t go; no I won’t go anymore

The will to power serves only the chosen who invoke it

Just as hunger baits the wolf but only innocence provokes it

Just beyond the secret prison and the hidden iron veil

You can see the past re-written as the setting sun

Illuminates the trails

Don’t tell me everything’s alright

I see your poison in the sky tonight

Don’t tell me that there ain’t no cure

You’re victims are the sick and the old and poor

Everybody’s out to take control

But I won’t go; no I won’t go anymore

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LISTEN – Jordan Page

Listen to the sound that you hear like an echo in your head

There’s a strange vibration rising

Out from the heart of America, America

Listen to the sound of the drum calling players to the game

Of the New World Order Don’t be caught unaware

When the heads start rolling

No, it couldn’t happen here

I know it wouldn’t happen here

I will not submit to authority of man

I’m alive I’m awake This is more than I can take

If you had an open door

Would you kill a little more?

Listen to the cries of the dead in the wake of the Sudan

Is there no one out there? I see blood in the sands of despair in Africa

Listen to the sound of applause in a chamber full of men

Selling out their people as they plan their assault on the heart of America

No, it couldn’t happen here

I know it wouldn’t happen here

I will not submit to authority of man

I’m alive I’m awake This is more than I can take

If you had an open door

Would you kill a little more?

There’s a war machine in motion and the bullets fall as rain

& The light in the eyes of the innocent has faded into pain

Yesterday I knew the world was spinning toward the end

Today I see the wasteland and it’s too late to pretend

Listen to the words of the man with a rifle in his hand

“Don’t be mistaken, I believe in peace, but I won’t be taken”

I will not submit to authority of man

I’m ready to die but not for a lie

See the signs appear

You know its gonna happen here

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Year of Youth

Come all you young people, Its time to rejoice

& claim your inheritance, raise up your voice

The lantern of Liberty’s leading the way

In a year for the youth this is New Year’s Day

When a law is unjust it is no law at all

It takes courage to stand up knowing well you may fall

There’s a reason and purpose to the time that we live

When our youth to the cause is the least we can give

& I know I’m leaving today

Though the road may be dark and I don’t know the way

If truth is a question, the answer is found

When free men and women in one voice resound

Come all you young people, Its time to rejoice

& claim your inheritance, raise up your voice

The lantern of Liberty’s leading the way

In a year for the youth this is New Year’s Day

Presidents come and they go like the tide

& public opinion, it sways side to side

Like the tops of the trees, where the strongest wind blows

As the smell of corruption fills everyone’s nose

& I say I’m leaving today

Though the road may be twisted I won’t lose my way

If life is a question frail and un-posed

Will you seek out its answer, though the gate may be closed?

Come all you young people, Its time to rejoice

& claim your inheritance, raise up your voice

The lantern of Liberty’s leading the way

In a year for the youth this is New Year’s Day

When truth is unbridled I know in my soul

I’ll never be chained by their systems of fear and control

Oh I’m leaving today

& I hope that the pendulum’s heading my way

If youth is a moment too fragile and brief

There’ll be no holding on when age come likes a thief

Come all you young people, Its time to rejoice

& Stand up for your freedom, come raise up your voice

The lantern of Liberty’s leading the way

In a year for the youth this is New Year’s Day

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HERE, THERE, AND EVERYWHERE

Well the end times are approaching, just like storm clouds down the line

But its started raining early and you’re running out of time

& the devil’s in your basement, he’s climbing up the stairs

He’s here there and everywhere

There’s horror in the headlines and its getting worse each day

So if you want to hear some good news, get yourself to church and pray

Cause when the devil is your anchorman he chooses what to share

He’s here there and everywhere

Maybe the road is hidden, maybe you stopped looking too

Maybe you’ll find you’re not so colorblind, maybe there’s something left to do

As the politicians argue and the soldiers fight the war

You’re barely keeping score

Cause the devil’s in your television stirring up a scare

He’s here there and everywhere

Your government is planning the apocalypse today

& you’re happy to lay down and let them send you on your way

Cause the devil’s in your mirror, he’s working on his stare

He’s here there and everywhere

They take away our rights easy as turning off the lights

& then they tell us that there’s nothing we can do

But I’m gonna tell my sons the great dark battle can be won

When they say Daddy will you tell us something true?”

Borders are dissolving like imaginary lines

& we’ll be dancing in the death camps while the trains are keeping time

Cause the devil’s in the White House, in a big fat comfy chair

He’s here there and everywhere

And the CFR, the Bilderbergs, and Banksters rule the game

& each of them are running from the finger pointing blame

& I know you’ll blame the devil when you’re running out of air

He’s here there and everywhere

He’s here there and everywhere

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Sons of Abraham

Isaac said to Ishmael, “I am the chosen one”

Ishmael replied with confidence “But I’m the first born son”

& Father Abraham whose lack of faith was sure to blame

Cast aside his older son and gave the younger boy his name

& From that day division has increased across the land

Bloodshed and religion are both practiced hand in hand

Fighting for identity and a place to lay a claim

Old Abraham’s grandchildren fight eternally in vain

& Everybody knows this kind of madness ends in pain

And the mighty judgment down the track will catch us all the same

And if you see the fireball descending from above

Its just Ishmael and his brother in the fight for Daddy’s love

Old memories that date back to the days after the flood

And a hatred born from Abraham’s betrayal of his blood

While everybody is waiting for their savior to return

And if you don’t believe what they believe you’re gonna burn

& Everybody knows this kind of madness always ends in pain

And the mighty judgment down the track will catch us all the same

And if you see the fireball descending from above

Its just Isaac and his brother in the fight for Daddy’s love

Now Israel and Palestine are ancient holy lands

Where prophets walked and freely talked of brotherhood of man

And families on both sides of the fence can all agree

It’s their right to be there and they want their children to be free

But if the rockets blazing o’er the fences land in your backyard

And the look of wonder in your child’s face is burned and scarred

And the ceasefire in your belly has erupted into war

And the only peace you’ll ever find is settling the score

Please remember that this kind of madness always ends with pain

And the mighty judgment down the track will catch us all the same

And if you see the fireball descending from above

Its just Isaac and his brother in the fight for Daddy’s love

And if you look up and see the fireball racing ‘cross the sky

Go ask Isaac and his brother Ishmael, to tell you why

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Rolling Wheel

Come, lay your head down here beside me

The rain can’t reach us here, its safe and dry

This silence is a season all its own

This moment can never be told

To anyone, anyone

Hey, listen to me for a while

I need someone to hear and you’re the one that I want it to be

All beautiful things begin in pain

Most people just throw them away

But not today, not today

I have seen my life like a rolling wheel

I can’t shake the things I don’t want to feel

Please, stay here with me I need some time

Help me work it out, where do I draw the line?

Teach me to free my soul cause I want you to know

This is the time I gotta make it show

I’m not alone, not alone

I have seen my life like a rolling wheel

I can’t shake the things I don’t want to feel

When you found me waiting by the door

You asked me baby what you waiting for?

Cause there’s a lot of people out there dyin

For nothing

Push all the boundaries, do it right

But don’t try to explain the reasons why

I have seen my life like a rolling wheel

I can’t shake the things I don’t want to feel

I’m feeling something, I wanna make it clear

There’s a truth out there if you’ll let yourself hear it

Come and take my hands and we’ll make amends

We were strangers once now we’ve found our friends

I have seen my life like a rolling wheel

I can’t shake the things I don’t want to feel

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Until the Race is Run

I picked up an angel whose left wing was broken

I sewed him together with some string and a vision

He raised his right hand and he gave me an answer

My mouth opened wide and I asked many questions

I see crowds of people all gathered around me

They all want the truth but they don’t want to hear it

I fear they will rob me if I dare to speak it

But poverty bears the fruit of the prophet

And oh, I am nothing but an old bag full of bones

If I can’t feel my soul burning out in the cold

And all that I ask for please let it be done

Let my feet keep moving until this race is run

I spent all my life in the shadow of dreamers

In the warped human drama that elevates cheaters

But where will I go when the curtain has fallen?

When the theatre’s quiet and the encore’s been taken?

Well all I can offer is a voice some hands and song

But I’ll keep on singing until tht voice is gone

All that I ask for please let it be done

Let my feet keep running until this race is won

And people will change like the leaves from summer to fall

But too many winters will make them forget that they ever changed color at all

And history should be a mirror

Its more like a blank chalkboard on the wall

Maybe someday, maybe someday

And if there is beauty I know I will see it

And if its held prisoner I’ll break chains to free it

I’ll ride through the cities like Christ on a donkey

When I know that Jesus is sitting beside me

And if any man shall ask he’ll be given

And from him who steals much more will be taken

Cause there’s many wrong roads that lead to the prison

So pray for us sinners a squabblin’ and fightin’

Some things in this world mean nothing, some things mean even less

As you go from one state of motion to another of rest

All that I would love to see happen, Lord can it be done?

Let my feet keep moving until this race is run

All that I ask for please let it be done

Let my feet keep running until this race is run

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THE PENDULUM

I been walking a tightrope between fact and fiction I been wrestling with demons in small bottled prisons

I been talking with sinners who claim to be Christian I been shouting at leaders who claim to be listening

& the pendulum swings from the left to the right and momentum increases the need for the fight

It’s a moment of blindness in a lifetime of sight & I am lost somewhere the middle

I saw a president blind to the needs of his people I saw a camel that passed through the eye of a needle

I saw a group of old men whose money was evil I saw a cross breaking free from the cage of a steeple

I saw beggars and cripples dying in squalor I saw a son whose sins had exceeded his father

I saw a nation of sleepers whose dreams were forgotten & a bushel of apples from a tree that was rotten

& the pendulum swings from the left to the right

Momentum increases the need for the fight

Like a blindfold when its time to walk towards the light

& I am caught somewhere in the middle

I heard the echo of suffering in the valley of laughter I heard the rumble of earthquakes far under the water

I heard a court jester whose forked tongue was twisted Who told us of dangers that never existed

I heard voices that claimed to be moral and righteous Whose lies and deceit were all dark and contagious

I heard talk of a country that valued its freedom But when I protested I was arrested and beaten

& the pendulum swings from the left to the right

As momentum increases the weight and the height

But if nobody’s listening, is anyone right?

& I can’t seem to find the key to the riddle

I met a young woman with a baby inside her I looked but there wasn’t a safe place to hide her

I met an old man with a face like a mirror His showed me his sadness so I could see clearer

I met an arrogant leader who robs us and cheats us He pretends that his orders come directly from Jesus

When he sends out our children to strange foreign soil To kill for our right to monopolize oil

I’m a raising my voice ‘gainst the house of derision That murders our freedom with short-sighted vision

I’ll sing a new song about civilization & the palace of wisdom and the death of a nation

I’ll lift up the veil that’s hiding the holy & remind all the people that change happens slowly

I’ll scream out a name to the echoes of Heaven & pray that the world don’t end up where its heading

& the pendulum swings from the left to the right

as momentum decreases the end is in sight

There’s a lunatic handling our future tonight

& I am lost somewhere in the middle

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Million Tons of Rain Written by: Jordan Page

Red Light, as mornings meet the clouds; dawnAnd I, walk amongst the crowds, searching for a signWe've come to a desperate crossroadsAnd it's unclear which path to takeI watch the story unfoldAs the levees start to break, I'm wide awake

I will stand as a mountain, I will rage like a riverWith the burning desire to consume like the flameTo know every moment in the weight of the agesFar above us descending in a million tons of rain

Listen, to the tolling bells ring through the nightLike a voice resoundingI have the right to resist the sway of this path of shame& take shelter from the driving rainWe're all to blame& so we sacrifice our dreams to stop the pain

I will stand as a mountain, I will rage like a riverWith the burning desire to consume like the flameTo know every moment in the weight of the agesFar above us descending like a million tons of rain

So lay down your fragile compromiseWho you are is all but spentWhen you sell your soul for freedom then repentTo save your faceAnd Heaven knows the outcome of this raceIt begins today, as the waters rise they finally meet your eyesAnd mine, and mine

I will stand as a mountain, I will rage like a riverWith the burning desire to consume like the flameTo know every moment in the weight of the agesFar above us descending in a million tons of rain

Like time to the mountain, like the flow of the riverI would drown in the ocean like a tired hurricaneWith all my desire I would call out foreverOnly love and devotion to a million tons of rainA million tons of rain

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Song for Bob Dylan Written by: Jordan Page

You sound out a warning when you see the signs in the skyBut in the land of the blind, it's a crime to exist with an eye& your dreams are in color but life is a pale afternoonCause the truth is a song but the notes are all played out of tune

Hey Hey Bob Dylan I wrote you a song& I know the answers we're searching for 'll be here 'fore longYou taught us that war is a sin and a sham and a shameAnd the penance we pay for our silence is more than just taking the blame

And the world is a spinning far out of controlWe got storms in the east while the western world's sellin’ its soulOl' Bob I been stressin’ and frettin’ the thought of it allCause the world that I know and I love is now dangling and ripe for the fall

The American Pharaoh is poised and he's ready to strikeBut dictators rise and they fall cause they all act alikeThey teach you to fear and surrender what's left of your youth& the wealth that you give them is spent on the purchase of truth

Hey Hey Bob Dylan I wrote you a song& I know the answers we're searching for 'll be here 'fore longYou taught us that war is a sin and a sham and a shameAnd the penance we pay for our silence is more than just taking the blame

Oh where are the Christians and why don't they answer the call?They believe in the scriptures but don't seem to use them at allWell you can't go and kill other people in God's holy nameIf Jesus were here you'd collapse from the weight of the shame

Hey Hey Bob Dylan we need you todayCause the freedom we fight and we die for is sailing awayCause there's too many voices of wrong drowning out what is rightCome sing with me now and together we'll take up the fight